Attacks on Big Business Preludes to FDR Congress Plan
President Roosevelt’s forthcoming address to Congress followed sharp attacks on big business by top officials. Assistant Attorney General Jackson accused business of a general strike to liquidate the New Deal, while Secretary Ickes continued the theme on NBC. Congress showed mixed reactions as Roosevelt schedules the in person message and a second June dinner speech.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Philadelphia
Robert H. Jackson
NBC
Ickes
Jackson
Methodist Meet Schedules January Gatherings Across North Carolina
Central meetings of all three North Carolina Methodist branches will convene in Greensboro and Charlotte on January 6 with Dr. M. T. Plyler presiding. Speakers include Bishop B. Kern of Durham and leaders from Duke University, High Point College, and other Methodist bodies. A second session is planned in Asheville on January 19.
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N. C
North Carolina
Charlotte
Joint Commission On Methodist Cooperation
M. T. Plyler
B. Kern
Durham
G. I. Humphreys
High Point College
W. Peele
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
General Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church
W. 8. Taylor
First Methodist Protestant Church
Asheboro
Frank 8. Hickman
Duke University School of Religion
W. J. Plint
Statesville
Asheville
Treasury Extends Silver Purchases From Canada China and Mexico
Secretary Morgenthau announced continued U S purchases of newly mined silver from Canada and Mexico into January, with China under a separate gold-for-silver deal extended to July 1, 1938. The program fixes purchase amounts and prices, pending next month’s determinations, while Roosevelt weighs actions before tomorrow night deadline.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Canada
China
Mexico
United States
Roosevelt
Widening of Route 421 Approved for Forsyth County
Chairman Frank L. Dunlap announced that bids by Gasso way and Owens of Winston-Salem for widening Route 421 in Forsyth County were approved and the project sent to the Federal Roads Bureau for final approval. Earlier bid canvassing held up the project for further study.
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N. C
Frank L. Dunlap
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Highway and Public Works Commission
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Federal Roads Bureau
Child Abandoner On Trial Friday In Thomasville
Minnie Crews Snider of near Winston-Salem faces a misdemeanor charge of attempted murder of an infant. The baby was found October 2 under a tree on West Main Street, Thomasville. Snider admitted abandoning the infant and is to be tried in Thomasville Municipal Court Friday morning.
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Minnie Crews Snider
Winston-Salem
J. C. Jones
West Main Street
Exchanges Close Saturday for New Year Holiday
All American Canadian and European exchanges will be closed Saturday New Year s Day according to economic markets notices issued in New York.
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New York
Southern lawmakers draft budget-balancing plan for Roosevelt
A bloc of 10 Southern Democratic representatives is drafting a budget-balancing program for President Roosevelt. They seek deep cuts across agencies including the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps, and even consider discontinuing PWA with a $500 million annual food and clothing subsidy replacing purchases.
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Newsreel to Show Panay Sinking and Japanese Bombing
A New York report describes a newsreel preview of the Panay sinking after Japanese bombing near Nanking. The 20 minute sequence depicts refugees, crew actions, and the gun position as the ship leaves Nanking and submerges in Yangtze waters.
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U. S&s .S. Panay
Stars and Stripes
Yangtze
Fort Lee
New Jersey
No 2
Alley
Washington
Tokyo
Associated Press
Strikes Shift To Miners Of North France
Paris reports a new outbreak of strikes in northern France as 16 000 Anzin miners threaten action over suspensions near Valenciennes. Government pressure and local talks aimed to avert wider disruption while Paris public services resume after a night of stoppages.
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Paris
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Valenciennes
Anzin Company
Hobson Named Engineer For PWA On Power Plant Work
PWA officials in Washington notified City Manager E. M. Knox of J. R. A. Hobson’s appointment as WA project engineer on the Yadkin river development. Hobson already serves as project engineer for the Pinnacles of Dan development in Patrick County Virginia and will split time between Winston-Salem and Virginia to oversee PWA interests in the projects.
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PWA
Washington
E. M. Knox
J. R. A. Hobson
Yadkin River
Mr. Hobson
Dan de
Danville
Patrick County
High Point
Winston-Salem
Virginia
Coast Guard Pursues Japanese Vessel Three Star
Coast Guard cutters searched southern California waters for the Japanese owned purse seiner Three Star to seize the vessel for evasion of customs duties. United States attorney Benjamin Harrison disclosed the 45,000 dollar 84 foot vessel built for Los Angeles and San Francisco Japanese slipped into Los Angeles harbor re fueled and fled. Six days ago customs officials seized the Nancy Hawks another Japanese fishing boat on charges of evading customs charges.
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Coast Guard
California
Three Star
Benjamin Harrison
United States
San Francisco
Nancy Hawks
WPA relief rolls rise by thirty thousand six hundred twenty six
WPA relief employment rolls increased by 30 626 in the week ended December 18 As a result the total number of relief workers rose from 1 557 689 on December 11 to 1 588 315 on December 18 in Washington reports from Works Progress Administration records
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Washington
Worksrogress Administration
WPA
GM President Knudsen to Testify on Unemployment Relief
Detroit December 30 General Motors president William S Knudsen announced he will testify before the Senate committee on unemployment relief in Washington on January 6. He had planned a business trip in January and asked to push his appearance to January 28 but agreed to appear at the opening of the inquiry next week amid reports of unemployment in the auto industry.
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Willam
Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Senate Committee On
Washington
James F. Byrnes
D.S
Byrnes
Residents demand vacating abandoned road on Easy Street
Sunny Slope Washington residents press county officials to vacate the nearly deserted old roadway on Easy Street, arguing the passable but unused route serves little purpose and creates concerns for neighbors.
High Point Men Land State Unemployment Jobs
Three High Point men, named by Chas. G. Powell of the state unemployment compensation commission, receive positions in the state social security act program. Gibson becomes field investigator here, Renfrow district adjuster in Rocky Mount, Currie claims investigator. Kindley named chief claims examiner. Local offices move to the new county building on South Main Street.
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W. H. Currie
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Social Security Board
William EB. Kindley
Guilford County
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Civil Service Commission
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County Tax Office
West Washington Street
County Welfare Division
High Point Township
Commerce Street
Tax Department
J. F. Jones
W. L. Wireless
C. L. Gray
E. H. Burroughs
T. R. Short
D. W. Hoskins
Mr. Short
Herbert Wood
Elizabeth
Egypt faces major political crisis after royal dismissal
Cairo reports King Farouk dismissed Prime Minister Mustapha Nahas Pasha and named Mohamed Mahmoud to form a new government. Mahmoud drafts a cabinet, dissolves parliament, and calls elections within two months as a 10,000 railway workers strike grows. Police fear unrest and Britain considers moving troops to Egypt to safeguard interests.
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Egypt
Farouk
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Mohamed Mahmoud
Mahmoud
Palestine
Far East Fronts Engage In Shantung Battles And Shanghai Slay
Chinese and Japanese forces clashed along Shantung province fronts near Taian and Wuxien as Taian area fighting intensified while in Shanghai J Lo Pa Hong a civic leader was killed by a masked gunman. US gunboat Rendando landed American refugees amid tensions over cooperation with Japan.
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Tsitao
North China
Americ
Tsingtao
W Hsien
Tsingchow
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Taian
China
J. Lo Pa-Hong
Civic Association
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United States
British note says Japanese attacks on ships in China were a mistake
In a London note to Britain the Japanese government says attacks on the gunboat Ladybird and other British vessels in China were errors. It claims Japan has punished responsible officers on the ground but provides few specifics. The note parallels the Panay incident and cites orders for greater care to protect lives and property of British and other nationals.
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Britain
China
Japan
Janese
Panay
British Foreign Office
Rebels claim Teruel relief breakthrough amid counter attack
The Spanish insurgent high command said its forces penetrated government lines northwest of Teruel and captured all objectives in a surprise dawn offensive. They reported a one mile and a quarter advance, while Madrid denied ground gains despite heavy air and land losses. The besieged garrison, about 8,000 troops with an equal number of civilians, remained under constant fire and radio contact with Zaragoza.
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Teruel
Salamanca
Barcelona
Miguel Aranda
Umns
Zaragoza
Franco Strikes as Franco Relays Air Power at Teruel Front
The dispatch reports General Francisco Franco sending four warplanes aloft and advancing forces on the Teruel Front to relieve pressure from the Spanish insurgents. The item appears on the Zaragoza front with a delayed transmission.
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